The Coretta Scott King Book Awards seal was designed by artist Lev Mills in 1974. The emblem, with explanatory text, is part of “Our Voice: Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards”, a new exhibit in the east gallery of the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.

Included in the exhibit are the works of Jane Addams illustrators and authors: Javaka Steptoe, Bryan Collier, Floyd Cooper, & Faith Ringgold and more.

Author and educator Dr. Francisco Jiménez has been an agent for change in academia and public education for the last thirty years. He emigrated with his family from Mexico to California and as a child worked alongside his parents in the fields of California.

WHERE ARE DIVERSE VOICES IN CHILDREN’S BOOKS? AUTHORS EXPLORE WHY THAT MATTERS

“There’s a lack of awareness of the number of black authors and illustrators who are creating literature for children,” said Kelly Starling Lyons, a Raleigh children’s book author and one of the organizers of Celebrating Our Voices.

WELL-READ BLACK GIRL’S GLORY EDIM CONTINUES TO GROW HER EMPIRE — THIS TIME WITH A BOOK

Edim’s clear love and respect for black women and their stories make it possible for this book to sidestep the danger of convening based on blackness and woman-ness alone, as she appears to have thought carefully about what the 21 contributors, including authors N.K. Jemisin, Jacqueline Woodson and Renée Watson, bring to a textual conversation with each other.